Drunk on Marriage, Billionaire's Overindulgent Love-Chapter 834 - 322: [Heartbreaking Fairy Tale] The Whale That Became a Lonely Island (Part 3)_4

Chapter 834: Chapter 322: [Heartbreaking Fairy Tale] The Whale That Became a Lonely Island (Part 3)_4

"There’s a social engagement in the afternoon, Xiao Chu went with me, maybe she caught it at the dinner table."

Lu Huai’an spoke just in time, relieving her embarrassment.

Lin Zongjun’s gaze fell on Lu Huai’an, who was beside Lin Chu, with a meaningful look.

The Lu Family is quite large, with several grandchildren in the younger generation. Among them, Lu Huai’an is indeed a standout.

He took just one year to pull the crisis-ridden Lu Family out of trouble and re-establish it as an industry leader. At his age, such decisiveness in the business world is unmatched in An City.

Knowing when to advance and when to retreat.

His ambition is not small and his depth is considerable.

Someone as innocent as Xiao Chu is no match for him.

Lin Zongjun didn’t investigate further, shifting his gaze to his daughter, who was looking down, lost in thought, "Xiao Chu, the kitchen needs a few more dishes, you go upstairs, take a bath, and change clothes first."

Lin Chu’s left hand was still held in the warm palm of Lu Huai’an, his rough thumb gently brushing against her hand, seemingly unintentionally.

She understood the implication in her father’s words.

Sending her away meant he wanted to talk to Lu Huai’an alone.

She nodded obediently, "Oh, okay."

She withdrew her hand from the man’s palm and slowly walked upstairs, but halfway up the stairs, she couldn’t help but look back at the sitting area.

As if sensing it, Lu Huai’an also turned to look at her at that moment.

Their eyes met in the air, and it was Lin Chu who first looked away.

...

Lin Chu didn’t wash her hair, just rinsed off the smell of alcohol on her body, but it still took her half an hour.

Because she kept getting lost in thought.

The result of being distracted was forgetting to bring pajamas into the bathroom, and since she hadn’t told anyone in advance, the housemaids didn’t prepare them for her.

Luckily, there was a clean towel spare, so she grabbed one and draped it over herself, getting ready to leave the bathroom.

After all, this was the Lin Family, and this was her room; no one would come in without knocking.

But as it turned out, Lin Chu was wrong. When she opened the bathroom door, she didn’t even have time to take a step before she saw Lu Huai’an sitting on the chair.

The room was filled with a soft, girlish pink, and the man in black was very noticeable, hard to ignore.

Hearing the door open, Lu Huai’an looked up towards the bathroom.

His normally calm, dark eyes showed a slight ripple, and his Adam’s apple bobbed.

In the act of reaching for the glass on the table, he averted his gaze.

Finally coming to her senses, Lin Chu hurried back into the bathroom and closed the door. After tidying up her towel, she came out again, her face as red as if dyed with paint.

She gave the man an unnatural glare, "How come you didn’t make a sound?"

The steam-muted gaze was soft and gentle, not a glare at all.

Lu Huai’an calmly retorted, "I was just opening a door, what sound was there to make?"

He stepped forward to hand her a glass of honey water, "It’s not hot, you can drink it straight away."

Lin Chu didn’t argue with him, considering they were at the Lin Family’s house, and making a scene wouldn’t be good.

She reached out to take the glass, finding the temperature and sweetness just right.

After drinking half of it, her peripheral vision caught sight of what he was holding, and all her movements stopped, even the water in her mouth stopped mid-swallow.

Her pupils dilated, and a strange blush rapidly spread from her ears, incredibly fast.

Oh heavens! What was that he was holding!

The glass was practically thrown onto the table. Ignoring any notion of arguing or sulking, she lunged to grab it, "How could you randomly go through someone else’s things? Give it back to me!"

Lu Huai’an’s quick reflexes had him holding the diary up high, his free arm looping around her waist, pulling her into his embrace.

Squinting as he calmly looked at her, he slowly asked, "Who do you mean by ’someone else’?"

"Everyone else besides me!" Lin Chu replied, flushed and red-eared.

She was trapped in the man’s lean, strong embrace, and though her limbs were free, she couldn’t reach the diary held high above her.

If she were wearing heels now, she might have had a chance, but she was barefoot, her head only reaching Lu Huai’an’s chin.

Even though Lin Chu knew she wasn’t his match, she didn’t entirely give up, standing on tiptoe to try and reach the man’s raised arm.

"Lu Huai’an, how can you be this way? That’s my privacy, don’t you know? Even my dad wouldn’t go through it, yet you did and even opened it!"

This is the end! How is she supposed to face him after this?

"I’m your husband, is there anything I can’t see?"

Her skin was fragrant after the bath, a floral scent teasing Lu Huai’an’s senses. She was exerting all her energy to fight for the diary in his hand, completely unaware that the towel around her was slowly coming undone.

Dark flames flickered within his deep eyes.

His deep voice carried a slight hoarseness, "The contents are all about me, so I’m hardly an unrelated ’someone else’. I can also help you check if you got anything wrong."

Her mind must have a hole in it; nothing he read was accurate.

"Stop making excuses," Lin Chu, exhausted, finally gave up the useless struggle.

She’d had a lot to drink at the bar last night, and while she wasn’t fully sober, she had no strength left, collapsing softly against the man’s chest.

Her chest heaved violently. Tilting her head up, she gave him a pained and disappointed look, "Lu Huai’an, you have no class at all, doing something as sleazy as reading someone’s diary. I’m very disappointed in you."

She should’ve hidden it after reading it at the bar last night when she was being foolish.

After their argument, her teenage secrets were read by Lu Huai’an word by word, and that was truly... a disaster.

Lu Huai’an didn’t mind the girl’s feigned disdain and scorn, the curve of his lips hinting at danger.

"You left it right there on the table, in the most obvious spot. I just picked it up and flipped through, didn’t expect to find... so much. No wonder you usually act like a good little cat. I knew something was off, turns out, you’ve been bad-mouthing me in your diary."